Reimagining Water Management
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2023. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 39, Number 4, pages 549-556.… Read More
Rethinking Scotland’s water management
June 16, 2023
Scotland is well-endowed with water and its water environments are in relatively good ecological condition compared to neighbouring countries. However, if Scotland is to become a true ‘Hydro Nation’, it needs to go beyond the current mindset of sustainable water management and focus on how its immense water wealth can be used as an engine for economic growth and regional welfare.… Read More
Cool ideas vital to coping with heat waves
June 14, 2023
In recent years, global warming caused by increasing greenhouse gas emissions has been changing the climate, and the Earth is becoming progressively hotter, as cities and regions from Shanghai to Siberia witness record maximum temperatures.… Read More
Urban Water Demand Management. A Guidebook for ASEAN
By Corinne Ong, Cecilia Tortajada and Ojasvee Arora, 2023, Springer, Singapore, 120 pages.… Read More
Global Crisis in Water Management: Can a Second UN Water Conference help?
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2023. Editorial pubished in River. … Read More
Goals, Progress and Priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977 to New York in 2023
By R. Quentin Grafton, Asit K. Biswas, Hilmer Bosch, Safa Fanaian, Joyeeta Gupta, Aromar Revi, Neha Sami and Cecilia Tortajada, 2023. Article published in Nature Water, Volume 1, pages 230-240.… Read More
Climate action to build a shared future
March 20, 2023
Countries across the world are facing major problems which are too complex for any single country, no matter how powerful, to solve them alone. So all countries, big and small, should first agree to a common solution and then endeavour to achieve it and collectively contribute to realizing common prosperity.… Read More
India’s unsustainable urban water management
March 22, 2023
Providing safe water supply and proper wastewater management to the urban dwellers of India is not rocket science. India had enough water, investment funds, management and engineering expertise and technology to provide clean water and proper wastewater management since 1980. … Read More
World Water Day, 2023
Hydro Nation International Centre – World Water Day, 22nd March 2023, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), with live stream.… Read More